The Devil's Circus

Benjamin Christensen

1926. Silent. USA

70 mins

A pickpocket and a trapeze artist fall in love, but their relationship is threatened by a cruel lion tamer and his jealous wife.

This is Christensen’s first American film, in which the circus (already featured in Blind Justice) meets the Devil. Almost a sequel to Haxan,the Devil appears a number of times to demonstrate that it is he who pulls the strings in every human drama, from unhappy love affairs to world war.